GnRH-immunoreactive fiber changes with unilateral amygdala-kindled seizures

Epilepsy Research

Volumn 52, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 73-77

  Friedman, M N ^a   Geula, C ^a   Holmes, G L ^b   Herzog, A G ^a  

^a BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b BOSTON CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Amygdala; Epilepsy; Gonadotropin releasing hormone; Hormones

Indexed keywords

GONADORELIN; KAINIC ACID; SODIUM CHLORIDE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEATH; DIESTRUS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ENDOCRINE DISEASE; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; GENDER; GENITAL SYSTEM; HYPOTHALAMUS; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SEIZURE;

AMYGDALA; ANIMALS; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; FEMALE; GONADOTROPIN-RELEASING HORMONE; HYPOTHALAMUS, MIDDLE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; KAINIC ACID; KINDLING, NEUROLOGIC; NEURONS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SEIZURES;

EID: 0036891709     PISSN: 09201211     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0920-1211(02)00196-1     Document Type: Article

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